To make it MORE complicated, what is a longsword? In D&D, a longsword is not what historians call a longsword. In D&D, a longsword is really more like an arming sword. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arming_sword. What historians call a longsword is what D&D calls a bastard sword.--Dmilewski 19:51, 21 April 2009 (MDT)